Senate Bill No. 415–Senators Titus, Amodei, Carlton
and Schneider

 

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AN ACT relating to the Department of Transportation; requiring the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the Department of Transportation and the Board of Directors of the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. 1.  The Legislative Auditor shall conduct an audit of the

 Department of Transportation and the Board of Directors of the

 Department.

   2.  The audit must include, without limitation, an assessment of:

   (a) The procedures used to develop and adopt short-term and long-term

 plans for projects, including an evaluation of the criteria used to:

     (1) Select projects by category;

     (2) Select projects among projects within a category; and

     (3) Determine the appropriate financing for projects.

   (b) The management of the real property of the Department, including,

 without limitation:

     (1) Rights of way;

     (2) Real property designated for expansion of public highways, roads

 and other facilities; and

     (3) Surplus property and the procedure for the disposition of that

 property.

   3.  The Legislative Auditor shall:

   (a) Prepare a final written report of the audit not later than February 3,

 2003;

   (b) Present the final written report to the Senate Standing Committee on

 Transportation and the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation;

 and

   (c) After presentation of the final written report pursuant to paragraph

 (b), present the final written report to the Audit Subcommittee of the

 Legislative Commission and the Legislative Commission.

   Sec. 2.  1.  Upon the request of the Legislative Auditor, the

 Department of Transportation shall transfer from its budget to the Audit

 Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau the sum of $10,000 to carry

 out the provisions of section 1 of this act.

   2.  Any remaining balance of the sum transferred pursuant to

 subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after February 3,

 2003, and reverts to the state highway fund as soon as all payments of

 money committed have been made.

   Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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